The political dimension of globalization Lesson 10 Political

The political dimension of globalization Lesson 10

• Political Globalization: intensification and expansion of political interrelations across the globe • Beyond the framework of the nation-state. • “Artificial” division: domestic and foreign spheres for people’s collective identities • National loyalties: warfare as ultimate test Political globalization

• Hyper-globalizers: from late 1960’s deterritorialization of politics and governance • Sceptics: continuing relevance of the nation-state and new territorialization • Three fundamental questions: • 1) weakening power of nation-state? • 2) political or economic causes for it? • 3) emergence of a global governance? Is it true?

• Peace of Westphalia 1648 • Self-contained, impersonal states, with right to self-determination in unified territorial areas • Diplomacy, military, centralized administration • Wilson’s “ 14 points” after WWI: national self-determination and unleash of ethno-national forces (paradox and the League of Nations. UN) • Growing global web of political interdependences: “New World Order” after 9/11. Wrongful acts punished across borders. Modern nation-state system

• Hyper-globalizers: yes, unstoppable techno-economic forces crush all attempts to stop global trends. State (government) super-conductor for global capitalism • Political power stays in glo-cal networks in a borderless world. States unable to rule: currency, military, law, etc. . • Regional blocs of power • Sceptics: Politics unleash global forces and can still block them (i. e. treaties). Territory still matters: cities and supernational powers. Also, the state still control education, population and security • Egg-and-chicken problem. What do you think? Demise of the nation state?

• Supra-territorial institutions for common norms and interests • • 1) Municipal/provincial level 2) Regional level 3) Global level 4) Global civil society • Where to locate citizenship? Are we witnessing the emergence of a global democracy? (criticism and resistance) Global governance